Paste-like dispenser



Sept. 6, 1932. i H, M GUSDQF 1,876,452

PASTE LIKE DISPENSER Sept Gf 13932- H; M, GusDoRF I 1,876,452

PASTE LIKE DISPENSER Filed April 8, 19:51 3 sheets-sheet q "nl Wil /n ven for,

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Sept. 6,Y 1932. H M GusDoRF PASTE um wsPENsER :5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Y1led April 8, 1951 Fig] 4L ,6. 6 l r, Nd W ,01m l .t6 ma y@ l .I/a`. n mm a H asv sai 53 Fig/l.

Patented Sept-6,1932 J i UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD M. GUSDORF, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA PASTE-LIKE DISPENSER Application led- April 8,

This inventionrelates to the' art of dispensers of the type adapted to dispense paste or cream-like substance from collapsible containers, and is a continuation in part of my applications for U. S. Letters Patent filed substances from collapsible containers such as soap in paste or cream form, tooth paste, and

the like.

A primary object 4of my invention is to provide a removable container having a tip quickly attachable to the container support, the tip being initially closed' andl adapted' to be cut oi to provide a discharge port.

A primary object is to rovide a non-interchangeable means for re lling the container.

Primary objects of my invention also are to provide in combination with means 'for pressing the substance from the container, means limiting the operation ofthe pressing means upon a predetermined discharge ofthe material from the container; means for releasing the pressing means upon removal of a container cover to permit the replacement of the container; and to provide a knifefor cutting ofi' of the container tip end.

Another important object is to provide means for preventing the covering of the container until after the tip end has been cut oil' to open up a discharge passage. y

A further important object lis to provide a container end cutting knife so formed and so mounted as to have a swinging shearing action under initialdirect pressure with the maximum leverage.

A further important object is to provide a container discharge port of a shape permitting the cutting oli thereunder of the dis-` charging substance without inducingthesubstance to curl over or pile up around the port after successive operations.

A further important object is to provide means for cutting of the discharging substance and to-provide a cover to be placed over the container discharge port immediately following the cutting .off of the substance.

These-and'other objects as will become apedges of the sides.

1931. Serial No. 528,620.

p-arent in the followin description of the invention are accomplis ed 4by the means as illustrated in the one best form as now known to me in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a dispensing mechanism embodying my invention;

Fig. 2, a fragmentary front elevation of the mechanism;

Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of the mechanism with the base broken away to disclose the tip and substance cut-off and tip covering mechanism.

Fig. 4, a detail in vertical section on the line 4.-4 in Fig. 2;

F ig. 5, a detail in vertical section on the line 4.-4 in Fig. 2, but with the cut-oit' Aknife at the preliminary point of operation;

Fig. 6, a fragmentary top plan view of the dispensing mechanism;

F i0. 7, a horizontal transverse section on the une fz-7 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 8, a view in perspective of the manner of engagement of the container with the pressure spindle Fig. 9, a modified form of the dispensing derce, adapted to be mounted in a building wa Fig. 10, a horizontal section on the line 10-10 in Fig. 9;

F ig. 11, a fragmentary side elevation of the container refilling means; and

Fig. 12, a transverse section on theV line 12-12 in Fig. 5.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Iform a box to have a back 15, the sides 16 and 17, a bottom 18, and a relatively short top 19. The bottom 18 extends ,forwardly from between the sides 16 and 17 but the vtop 19 terminates at a line back of the forward height to receive a collapsible tube or container 20 therewithin in a vertically disposed position.

The box is of suflicient I form a carriage to have aback plate 21 of a width permitting the plate to slide freely up and down over the box back 1'5 between the sides 16 and 17 and from the sides of the plate.21 are the brackets 22 and 23. A tube spindle 24 is rotatably carried between the through which the upper flattened end o .tube 2O may be inserted. The spindle 24 has a toothed wheel 25 fixed to one end to be positioned on the outer side of the bracket 23 and a cotter pin 26, with a washer thereunder, in the spindle 24 on the outer side of the bracket 22 retains the spindle rotatively in place axially.

Between the bracket 23 and the toothed wheel 25 is a rocker arm 27 revolvabl carried on the spindle 24 as an axis. A eg 28 extends rearwardly centrally from the rear edge of the arm 27 and has an. inturned end projecting through the slot 29 in the bracket 23 to receive one end of the tension spring 31, the other end of which is hooked overa tongue 32 near the upper edge ofthe plate 21.

On the lower part of the arm 27 which 4extends below the wheel 25, is-pivoted a pawl 33 and a spring 34 normally rocks the for-l ward end of the pawl upwardly to cause it to engage between the teeth of the-wheel 25. The pawl has a leg 35 extending rearwardly of its pivot point, on the under side of which leg is a rounded cam-like lug 36. Between the Wheel 25 and the pawl 33 is a post 37 which is fixed to the bracket 23 and extends Athrough a slot inthe arm 27, whereby rocking of the arm 27 by its lower end rearwardly a sufficient distance will cause the pawl 33 to be dragged over the post so as to rock it outwardly away from engagement with the teeth of the wheel 25.

A dog 38 is rockably attached to the bracket.

23 forwardly of the arm 27 and above the wheel 25 to drop by gravity against the .periphery of the wheel to prevent clockwise travel of the wheel, Fig. 1. From the rear of the dog 38 extends an arm 39 over the outer side of the upper part of the arm 27. The under side of the arm 39 slopes upwardly to the rear and normally is just above a post 40 which is fixed to and extends horizontally from the arm 27. The upper part of the arm 27 extends rearwardly sharply and has an outturned end 4,1 adapted to extend laterally across the rear edge of the toggle bar 42 which is movably attached to the box side 16 by the links 43 and 44.

The carriage above described is slidably retained in the box against the back 15 by a channel shaped guide 45 which is entered through a correspondingly shaped slot in the top 19 and is carried down over the forward side of the carriage plate 21 to have its lower end positioned back of the upturned ear 46 at the rearof the platform 47, the lower end of the guide 45 being bent rearwardly to space the guide from the back 15 a sufficient distance to permit the carriage plate 21 to slide freely therebetween.

Referring now to the structure at the lower .I

the platform' 47 is aboss 52 having a laterally projecting ring about its upper periphery and having an internal inverted-conical bore opening by its lower end through the platform 47. The tube 20 is provided with a conical tip 53 adapted to fit closely within the bore of the boss 52, the penetration thereinl'being limited -by the ring 53 at the base of the conical part of the tip 53.'` A latch 54 is provided to swing from the boss 52y to engage over the' ringsof the tip and ofthe boss whereby the tube tip is retained within the boss, in which position an outwardly, punched part 55 of the tip over the passage within the tube protrudes from below the underside of the platform 47 Y On the underside of the lplatform is a rocker plate 56 pivoted thereto at one side toward the rear. The rear edge of the plate is sharpened to form a knife 57, and an arcuate slot 58 is formed in the plate forwardlyv of the knife edge to have a width greater than the diameter' of the tube tip end and a length several times as great. A wire 6() extends radially across the slot. A pin 59 extends downwardly from the underside of the plate 56 and slidingly enters a transverse slot 61 in a pusher plate 62 which is slidingly carried on the box bottom 18 in sliding Contact with the plate 56.

A wedge block 63 extends upwardly from one side of the pusher^plate 62 to be in line with the lower end of theI toggle bar 42 and a push bar 64 extends forwardly from t-he pusher plate 62 and carries a button 65 on its outer end. An ear 7 3Aextends upwardly from the pusher lplate on the sidi;l opposite thel block 63 and has an end of t e tension spring 74 fixed thereto, the other'end ofthe spring being hooked over the ear at the forward end of the platform 47 A box cover 66 is provided to telescope over the sides 16 and 17 and top 19 of the box. On the lower end inside of the front wall ofgthe cover are fixed the two inwardly and downwardly extending feet 67 and 68 which are adapted-to be inserted through slots in the platform 47 and to bear by their forward edges against `the upturned lip of the Vfront edge of the inner side of the cover top to extend rearwardly under and against the top .19.

Assuming the cover 66 to be in place and no tube in the box, the upper end of the cover 66 is ulled outwardly to disengage the tongue 0 and the ears 71 and 72 from under the top 19, following which action the cover is pulled upwardly to lift the feet 67 and 68 from out through the platform 47, and the cover is set aside. When the foot 67 is raised, the spring 74 pulls the pusher plate 62 forwardly to cause it to strike-and bear against the forward upturned bottom lip90'. The plate 56 moves therewith by reason of the pin 59 extending through the slot 61 and the knife edge 57 is swung forwardly to uncover the bottom ofthe bore through the boss 52. A tube 20 is then placed in the box to have its tipend within the boss and the latch 54 is swung around to retain the tip in place. The carriage is raised to allow the flattened upper end of the tube 20 to be inserted through the slot 25 in the spindle 24. The ear 71, when the cover 66 is in place, extends between the upper end of the toggle bar 42 and the side 16 of the box, and has an inturned tongue 76 against which the toggle bar is normally pressed by reason of the spring 31 pulling upwardly on the leg 28 which rocks the arm 27 to push the end 41 against the rear edge of the bar 42 to move it forwardly. Upon removal of the cover 66, however, the tongue 76 is removed therewith and the spring 31 can then pull the leg 28 upwardly a greater distance, and, in doing so, the arm earries'the post 40 forwardly under the arm 39 of the dog 38 to lift the dog from engagement with the teeth of the wheel 25. At the same time, the lower end of the arm 27 is moving rearwrdly under pull of the spring 31 to pull the pawl 33 back over the post 37 to guide thepawl out away from the teeth of the wheel 25. Therefore, with the cover 66 removed so asV to permit forward travel of the toggle bar 42 beyond that theretofor limited by the tongue 76, the' wheel 25 and its spindle 24 become free to be revolved without contact of thedog or pawl against the wheel.

The wheel 25 is revolved slightly by hand to bend over the upper end of the tube which projects through the spindle slot, and the device is then ready for operation.' The cover.

66 can not be replaced at once for the reason that the feet 67 and 68 can not be passed through the slots of the platform 47 since the pusher plate 62 has been carried forwardly thereunder by the spring 74 when the cover was previously removed. *The` button 65 must be pushed inwardly first to cause the plate 62 .to move a suicient distance to be out from under the platform slots. During this travel of the plate 62, the forward upturned edge 77 of the plate has initially contacted with the extreme outer point a of therocker plate At this initial point of travel, the post 59 is inthe enlarged end of the slot 61, but lcontinued rearward travel of the pusher plate 62 rocks the rocker plate 56 to carry the post 59 into the narrower part of the slot 61 to have further movement of the plate 56 caused by the pressure of the side wall of the slot Uil against the post 59 thereby changing the point of application of power from the push on the point a to speed up the travel ofthe plate 56 and complete the shearing olf of the extrusion 55 to open up a discharge lport in the tube end.

The distance between the knife edge 57 and the .rear end of the slot 61 exceeds the dialneter of the lower end of the tip 53 and this portion of the plate therebetween serves as a cover over the then opened end of the tip. When this portion of the plate 56 is centrally disposed over the tip end, the leaf spring 69 is then just uncovered by the pusher plate 62 and snaps upwardly to be in front of the pusher plate so that upon removal of pressure on the button 65, the plate 62 then remains in that position with the tension spring 74 pulling the pusher plate 62 forwardly against the raised spring 69. 4

The tube tip end having been cut od, the cover 66 is now applied by inserting the feet 67 and 68 through the slots in the platform to have the foot 67 bear against and push down the spring 69 so as to permit the upper end of the cover to be swung rearwardly and permit the ears 71 and 72 to enter under the box top 19 and have the tongue 70 engage therewith. The spring 69 is slightly wider than is the foot 67 so that the vpusher plate 62 is held back a sufficient distance to permit the foot 67 to be entered in front thereof. Immediately the spring 69 is depressed, the pusher plate flies forwardly against the feet 67 and 68. The variance in widths of the spring and the feet is slight however, so that the opened tube tip end remains covered by the plate 56. The toggle bar 42 is carried rearwardlyby the tongue 76 to cause the pawl 33 and dog 38 to contact with the whee125.

With the cover 66 in place, the dispenser is then ready to discharge the substance from the tube. With the pusher plate 62 at rest in its forward position, the wedge block 63 is removed forwardly somewhat from the tog gle bar 42. Pressure on the button 65 moves the pusher plate 62 to rock the plate 56 ren: wardly to carry the slot 58 thereof back over the tube end and as the slot starts th-ercm-f the wedge block 63 contacts with the lower end of the toggle bar 42 and pushes it rearwardly to push back on the arm end 41 to in turn rock the arm 27 to cause the pawl 33 to engage against a tooth on the wheel 25 and sov . revolve the wheel to wind ythe upper end of been lowered' to be in the path ofthe shoulder Ltwo teeth.

the tube around the spindle 24. The rela- 79 on the inner side of the wedge block 63.

tion between 4thefull travel of the toggle bar Now as the button 65 may then be pushed 42 andthe number of teeth on the wheel 25 in, the shoulder 7 9 strikes the lug 36, pushesv is such that, when the button 65 has 4beenv 1t upwardly as the block 63 moves rear' lpushed inwardly to its limit, the wheel wardly, and thereby rocks the pawl 33 down;

hasl been revolved an. angular distance of wardly away from the wheel 25 so that no l motion of the wheel can then take place.

This distance, however, appliesf only for By reason of this releasing means, no damage about half .of the winding of the tube. As Can be done to the tube pressing means upon the tube is wound about the spindle 24 durcontmued operation ofthe button 65. ing successive operations, the thickness ofthe The carriage moves downwardly as the material of the tube wound on the spindle tube is wound -upon the spindle, carrying the "exerts too large a leverage on the tube, and arm end 41 downwardly along the bar 42 as yin orderto compensate for this increase in above indicated. Vhen the tube has been effective spindle diameter, so `as to provide wound as much as possible onto the spindle, substantially anvequal discharge at the be the cover 66 is removed as described, and the aov ginning andending of a tube, the lower porlatch 54 swung around to permit the carriage tion of therear edge of the toggle bar 42 is and tube 20 to be raised to withdraw the'tip `cut away whereby, as the arm end 41 comes 53 from the boss 52. The tipend of the tube down thereon upon emptying of the tube 20, may lthen be pulled to unwind and pull the the leg 28 is pulled upwardly Vby the spring tube out from off the spindle 24. The car- 31 to swing around the arm 27 by the amount riage can be removed if desired by lifting out of the cut away portion.- y the channel guide. 45.

This cutaway portion is proportioned so The tube t1p 53 1s shaped to have an exteras to change the position of the pawl 33 nal inverted conical shape but the inner pasrelative to the post 3 7, whereby, during the sage therethrough is preferably formed to extreme forward-travelI of the bar 42 with converge toa slot-like discharge end which the arm end 41 then down on the cutaway is normally closed by the end 55 which has portion, the pawl 33 is dragged back over the been extruded from within during forming post 37 and upon rearward travel of the bar of the tip end. It is to be noted that the slot 42, the pawl is withheldl by the post 37 from is formed atright angles to the upper tube engaging with the first appearing `tooth on A flattened yend so that the slot closure is the wheel and drops around the'post 37' to presented to the knife 57 by its end and not engage the second tooth so that the wheel is Vits side land also, more particularly, the cutthen revolved a distance of bu one tooth. oftl wire 60 is passed over the opened slot end By the time the button hasbeen pushed to end. It has been discovered that by so back far enough to cause the spindle 24 toy vpassing a wire over a slit-like discharge ori- 'start winding the tube 2O therearound, the fice, positioned as above described, the hereplate 56rhas been rocked rearwardly to have tofore unsolved difficulty of dischargingmathe wire 60 across the slot 58 to be substanterial building up around the orifice or adhertially at the rear of the tip end opening.v ing to other cutting olf means is eliminated. During the winding of the tube on the spin l In some installations, the box is supported Idle, pressure is thereby created upon the by the bracket 78, while in others, it'is prefcontents of the tube and reverse travel of the erable to mount the box within a wall 78',

' spindle to relieve that pressure is prevented Figs..9 and 10, in which case, the extruded end by the dog 38 .dropping ag'ainst the wheel 55 of the tip 53 is cut of'by hand before the teeth. The material in the tube being some .container tube 2Q is positioned in the box, and

` what viscous, a time element is involved bea pipe 80 leads from the under side of the tween' the creation of that pressure and the boss 52 to outside of the wall and turns downcompletion of the discharge from the tube Wal-1y over the @u1-Off plate 81 which Correyend by reason of that pressure.

Therefore, when the button 65 is released after its full rearward travel and the spring 74 starts to return the plates 62 and 56 to their forward positions, the material is still flowing somewhat from the tube end, and as it flows, the wire 60 cuts'through the downwardly hanging column of material and :shears it off' neatly to all-ow it to drop cleanly and prevents the piling up of the material around the tube end or on the plate 56.

When the' tube 20 has been compressed to its limit, the carriage has moved downwardly sponds to the plate 56 except that in this case, no knife edge is employed. The pusher plate 82 actuates the cut-of plate 8l similarly to the plate 62 and both' plates are confined within the extending housing 83.

The emptied tube 20 may be discarded or may be refilled if made of the proper material. The tube 20 may be made out of block tin or aluminum, in which case it will usually have been flattened out to such an extent byhaving been rolled around the spindle 24 that it will be broken and not be in a condition for refilluntil the lug 36 on the leg of the pawl 33 has ing. Where a refillable container tube is 130 desired, non-metallic material is employed, one materialbeing a rubberized fabric.

. Fonreilling container-tubes, a collapsible supply tube'St is'furnish'ed filled with the desired material. It has a tip end85 corre-A sponding tothe tip 53. of the tube'20, anda fitting 86 isA furnished yhavingla .conical :bore in each end communicating one with the other'. The-supply tube tip is entered inone bore and thecontainer tube tip is, entered in the other it and force its contents through the itting 86 into thetube'20. j

,When the tube .20 has .been filled by `traris`` fer of the) material from the supply tube 84,v

21:1; thelatch 8 7 -i`s swung .aroundtofpermitf the withdrawal of the tube tip 53 from; the fitting 86 kand mits. place, the plug '88E `preferably attached/:to the fitting 86 ,by thewchain, 89 inserted, .after which :the :latch .8 7. is swung',- thereover ,teretain 'the lplug ,and .thus prevent hardening Of thimateralf-atftheend; Otthe..

tube tip 85. v

l l-f )In @dispenser .ofjpasterlike substances@ box, aA vertically disposed togglei'barlmovably: supported by the boit,- a carriage fverticallyI 40;. slidable in the box, a spindle rotatably car.

ried by the carriage, a toothedyvheel on the.

spindle, pawl means between the toggle `bar and the wheel, and means for pushing said. bar 'to 'cause said pawl means to revolve said wheel a predetermined distance Yupon each operation of the bar.

in a dispenserof paste-like substances, I a bex, a vertically disposed toggle bar movably supported by the box, a carriage'vertiercally 4slidable in the box, a spindle rotatably carried by the carriage, a'tootlied wheel on the spindle, pawl means between the toggle bar and the wheel, and means for pushing said bar'to cause said pawl means to revolve each operation of the bar, and means between said pawl means and 'said wheel llmlting the engagement of said pawl means with the 5 said Wheelv a ,predetermined distance upon a predetermined ,operation of the rst means.

4c. In a dispenser of paste-like substances, a s indle, a toothed Awheel on .the spindle, a shi table togglebar, av rocker farm adjacent the wheel having a member adapted to be in Contact with the bar, a pawl on' the arm normally in contactlwith said wheel-,a Ipost fixed relative to said pawl, said pawl being located on saidarm to be 'lifted by sliding over the'post from said wheel upon rocking of said arm a predetcrii'iined amount, and said toggle bar having a cut awayportion'over which travell long the bar.

said `bar contacting member may pass upon:

f-fxln a dispenserofpaste-lilie substances;Y aspindle, a: toothed wheelxon'vthe spindle,=aA shiftable togglebar, :a :,roclrer-A arm adjacent.. the 4wheel having a member adapted` to be 'ins' contactwith'the bar, a-ipawl cnfthe arm normally in contact Awith said wheel, a postvxed relative to. said pawl, said -pawlfb'eing located ong-saidarm-to' be lifted by sliding over the postl from f said fwlieel:uponl rocking of said.

arm a ,predetermined amount, and saidk toggleibar having -aK cutaway portion over which said -barf contacting` member may v.pass upon y Y iy:travelalong the bar,stop meansnormallylim ,While I have-here Idescribed and, shown myv invention in they one best Aformas now; knownl Svto me it is obvious ,thatf'structural changes may: .be made E,n {itliout' ,departing from fthe 1 spirit of the invention, ,and I, therefore, doY not desire to be llimitedto, that ,precise form nor any more than maybe required by the.

shiftable'toggle` bar, 'a-rocker arm4 adj acent iting the-travel 'of the toggle bar'to `a point permitting rocking of saidrarm less than said predetermined amount, 4'and said. cut away portion permitting rocking fof* the arm said amount.

6. Ina-:dispenser o-fpaste-like substances, a'

spindle, a toothed wheel/on the spindle, a

the wheel having a member adapted to be in contact withthebar, apawl =on the arm normally. in contact; withv saidwheeha post fixed relative to said '-:pawl,'.fsaidz 'pawl 'being lo cated on said arm to -belifted lb'yslidingover the post from' said wheel upon rocking of said -arm a predetermined amount, and said toggle bar having a -cut 'away-portion over which said bar contacting-member may passI upon travel along the bar, stop means normally limiting the travel of the toggle bar to a point permitting 'rocking of said arm less than said predetermined amount, and said cut away portion permitting rocking of the arm said amount, and spring means normally rocking said arm to causesaid arm member to carry said bar -againstsaid stop.

7. In a dispenser for paste-like substances, a revolvable spindle, a toggle bar horizontally reciprocable, spindle revolving means connecting with and operated by reciprocation of the bar, said spindlev being adapted to travel vertically of the-bar, af cover for the dispenser, bar stop means carried by the cover, and spindle releasing means operable upon removal of said stop means.

8. For dispensing paste-like substances from a collapsible tube, a box, a cover for the box, a carriage, a revolvable spindle on the carriage adapted to engage an end of the 'n'said arm and said spindle,ca'post oni the .cari

` have any end riage fixed relative to travel of the'pawl, a stop on saidcover against which said bar no rmally rests, and spring'means rocking saidf arm upon travel of said bar when vsaid stop is removed to rock said pawl over said post.

9. VFor dispensing paste-like substances, a. platform having an opening throughwhich a; tip of a substance containing tube may be. supported to protrude therefrom, ya rocker` plate under the' platform adapted to swing thereacross, a knife edge on the plate' adapt'l ed to-shear offsaid protruding tubeend, saidl rocker plate havingl a slotl therethrough. spaced' a distance from saidy knife edge, and means for rocking said lplate.

310. For dispensing paste-like'substances,A a platform-having an opening through whichal :tip of a substance containing'tube'mayfbeg supported to yprotrude therefromi,1 afrocker plate .under the platfomnjadaptedto swings, thereacross, a knifeedge'onv the plate adapted'4 tofzshear'oi' said protruding4 tube-end', saidf` rocker plate: having aVslot vv'th'erethr' ough spaced a distancev from said .knife edge, :and means for rocking said plate, said tube have ing-:a yslit-like Apassage in thelower portionj of said tip, and said protruding end comprisingV substantially a depressed -barover the end of said passage, said Ibar being turned to presented toward said Y knife edge. i w f v"-1 `i"- .-1

il. Ina dispenser, a'platfornr'havirganf orifice therethrough, 'a rocker plate" pivo'rtedIl under the platform adapted'to-swing around under the orifice, .a pusher plate adapted to be reciprocated under the platform with the` rocker plate therebetween, a post o n the rocker plate projecting downwardly into aA transverse slot in the pusher plate, said slot having a longitudinal enlargement at one end, and' an upturned end on the pusher plate adapted to contact with the rocker plate up on initial travel of the pusher plate while said post is in said enlargement.

12. In a dispenser, a. platform having an orifice therethrough, a rocker plate pivoted under the platform adapted to swing around Under the orifice, a pusher plate. adapted to be reciprocated under the platform with the rocker plate therebetween, a post on the rocker plate projecting downwardly into a transverse slot in theipusher plate, said slot having a longitudinal enlargement at one end, and an upturned end on the pusher plate adapted to contact with the rocker plate upon initial travel of -the pusher plate while said post is in said enlargement,'s`ai d` rocker plate having a knife edge on its rearA side and a slot therethrough spaced forward from the knife edge.

,Y1-3'. In adispenser',fa platform'. having an' orifice therethrough, Ia: rockerV pla-tepivoted und'erthe-.platform adapted to swing around under the orifice, ap'ush'er Aplate Iadapted tobe Areciproated under: the platform :withf'the f rocker plate therebetween, a .post on the rock-4 er plate projecting downwardly vinto a transverse slot in the pusher plate,said slot having j a longitudinal enlargementat' one end,d and ansupturned end on the pusher plate adapted. to. contact withthe rocker plate upon initial?. travel of the "pusher: platefavhile said post- 1s. insaid enlargement,.1said` rocker plate having.

' the dischargingiend cfa container, a rocker platel'rockably'niounted to be. swung acrossv the lowerdopen' end off t-heffboss; 'said rocker? plate4 havingfa? portion.' gtlireof" adapted: to" @ever over sajdlopen ei'iiyaj pusher platel under am fd-apesar@ @espiadas eaa-'rekeffplfaaglf aiteafsupporangesaia'patronage aevrf for the box, afoot on the cover, a s pringiior'mallyv holding Seaway-listes' ias-award position to 'l'niveI the rocker plate z*cover said open end,

and 'aspring member'normally tending toer'- tend intp th'epa'th` of 'the pusherlpla'tevto 'limit the forward travel thereof,l said foot said' cover being.' adapted to depress said spring member and permit said pusher plate to move against the foot. j.

l5. For 2,dispensing paste-like .substances from "collapsible containers, a platform, a, hollow boss onthe platfornfji` adapted to receive the 'discharging Tend .of container, la 'rocker plate rockably mounted to be swung across the lower'l open end lof the boss, said rocker plate a portionl thereof adapted to cover over said open end, a pusher plate under and 'adapted ',to'reciprocate said rocker plate, a box supporting said platform, a cover for the box, a foot on the cover, a spring normally holding said two plates in afforward posi ti on to havevthe rocker plate cover said open end, and a spring member normally tending to extendintothe path of the pusher plate to limiL thel forward ,travel thereof, said foot on said cover being ,adapted lto depress said spring member and permit said pusher platelto move against the foot, and said spring member being extended vrearwardly slightly bevond the rear edgeof said foot whereby said pusher plate may travel forwardly over the spring member upon withdrawal of said foot` thel amount of said last forward travel of the pusher plate being sufficient to carry said covering portion of the rocker plate forwardly from over said open end.

`16.A In ar` dispenser for paste-lilre substances, a platform having a discharging orifice, a reciprocatable plate under said orifice, a portion 'of said plate being adapted to cover over over said orifice in a forward position of the p1atemeans normally limiting the forward travel of the plate to have said portion stop over said orifice, a foot adapted to shift said limiting means and serve as the limiting stop, said limiting means remaining ineffective upon removal of said foot, and said plate being movable forwardly upon removal of the foot a distance to permit said plate portion to uncover said orifice.

17. In a dispenser for paste-like substances, a platform having a discharging' orifice, a reciprocatable plate under said orifice, a poron of said plate being adapted to cover over said orifice in a forward position of the plate, means normally limiting the forward travel of the plate to have said portion stop over said orifice, a foot adapted to shift said limiting means and serve as the limiting stop, said limiting means remaining ineffective upon removal of said foot, and said plate being .lovable forwardly upon removal of the foot a distance to permit said plate portion to uncover said`orifice, and a knife edge on the rear side of said plate.

' 1S. In a dispenser for paste-like substances, a platform having a discharging orifice, a reciprocatable plate under said orifice, a portion of said plate being adapted to cover over said orifice in a forward position` of the plate, means normally limiting the forward travel of the plate to have said portion stop over said orifice, a foot adapted to shift said limiting means and serve as the limiting stop, said limiting means remaining ineffective upon removal of said foot, and said plate being movable forwardly upon removal of the foot a distance to permit said plate portion to uncover said orifice, said plate being cut away forwardly of said plate portion, and a wire fixed to the plate to extend across the cut away portion, said wire being located to be carried across said orifice upon reciprocation of the plate.-

19. In a dispenser of paste-like substances, a collapsible container tube having a tip, said tip' having a discharge passage therethrough, an integral closure over the outer end of said passage, means for initially cutting off said closure, means for collapsing.

said tube step by step, wire substance cut-off means, and cover means automatically dis'- posed over said tube end between operations of said collapsing means.

20. In a dispenser of paste-like substances, a collapsible container tube having a tip, a discharge passage through the tip, means for `collapsing the tube step by step, wire substance cut-off means, and cover means au: tomatically covering saidtip between operations of the collapsing and cut-ofi' means.

21. For a dispenser of paste-like subL stances, a collapsible container tube, a tip on the tube havin a tapered outer surface, said i tip having a discharge passage therethrou h from said tube, said passage terminating y its outer end 1n a slit-like opening, and a bar-like cover over the opening integral with 23. In a dispenser of paste-like substances,-

a carriage comprising a back, side brackets, a spindle rotatably carried by the brackets, a toothed wheel on the spindle, a rocker arm pivotally carried by one of said. brackets adjacent said wheel, a pawl on one end of'said rocker arm spring pressed against said wheel, a post fixed to said carriage between said pawl and said wheel located to cause said pawl to strike the post and be lifted away from the wheel upon sufficient rocking of said arm, a dog fixed to the bracket adjacent said wheel and adapted to drop against the wheel, a post fixed to said rocker arm to strike and raise said dog upon suf ficient travel ofthe arm, and a spring between said arm' and said carriage normally tending to rock said arm to cause both said pawl and said dog to be shifted away from said wheel.

24. In a dispenser of p-aste-like substances, a spindle, a toothed wheel on the spindle, a shiftable toggle bar, a rocker arm adjacent the wheel having a member adapted to be in contact with the bar, a pawl on the arm normally in contact with said'wheel, a post fixed relative to said pawl, said pawl being located on said arm to be lifted by sliding over the post from said wheel upon rocking of said arm'la predetermined amount, and said toggle bar having a cut away portion :over which said los i bar contacting member may pass upon travel y along the bar, and adog adapted to drop against saidwheel.

25..'Ina dispenser, a discharge orifice, al

- pusher plate adapted to rock said plate, means on said pusher plate initially engaging said plate at'one point removedfrom the pivot point of the plate, and second engaging means between said two plates becoming `operable `following the operation of saidl first engag-.4

ing means, said second engaging means bein located betweenfsaid first engaging means an vthe pivot pointof the roc-ker plate.

27. In a dispenser of substances from a collapsible tube, a tube rolling mechanlsm, a box holding said mechanism adapted to be sunk within a room wall, a housing extendlng 'from said box, a pipe leading from the dis charge end of said tube to within said hous ing, a substance cut-ofi:l member, .a p1pe end cover, said member and cover being carried within said housing and adapted to be reciprocated over said pipe end, means for `reciprocating` said member and said cover,

and means interconnecting said spindle and cover from said end prior to the completion of said. travel, and spring means movmg said cut-off member across said end and carrying .said cover thereafter to over sald end upon return travel of the push member.

In testimony whereof I aiix Ipjy slgnature.

HAROLD M. G SDORF.

said bar for transforming reciprocating motion of the bar into rotary motion of the spindle. l 29. For dispensing substances .from a 'c`ollapsible tube, a boX,.a carriag'evertically slidable in the box, a revolvable spindle carried by the carriage adapted to engage an end of p' the tube, a horizontally -reciprocatable bar vvertically disposed in the box, -and means in- Vte'rconnecting said Lbar. and said spindle for transforming reciprocating motion of the bar into rotary motion of the spindle.l

30. For dispensing-substances from a col-p lapsible tube, means-for'applying pressure to ,said tube to cause a discharge of the contents from an end thereof, a cover for said tube end, a content discharge cut-off member,

l means for removing said cover from said end preliminary to thebperation oisaid pressure means, means for moving said cut-013:'

member across the tube end following the op- .y eration of said pressure means and returning said cover over said end, and a push member,

. all of said mxans being operated by reciprocation. of the push member.

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31. Foidispensing substances from. a ,col-

lapsble tube, means for applyingpressure to i the 'tubeto cause a discharge of the contents.

from an end thereof, a reciprocatable push member adapted 'to operate said pressure means following a' predetermined inward c travel, a cover for said tube end, a content vdischargecut-oi member, saidcover and cut-off member being connected to said push meml ber to have the`push member removesaid 

